Proud moment! India's heaviest satellite that will boost broadband services in the country launched successfully; see video

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Catch News05th December, 2018 09:15 IST

Proud moment! India’s heaviest satellite that will boost broadband services in the country launched successfully; see video

It must be a proud moment for Indians as country’s heaviest satellite GSAT-11 was launched successfully from the French Guiana on Wednesday early morning, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said.

After this successful launch, there are the expectations that the Internet speed will boost up. The rocket has been launched by an Arianespace rocket from the French Guiana. At around 02:07 am (IST), the Ariane-5 vehicle-injected GSAT-11 into the orbit in a flawless flight lasting about 33 minutes.

As per the Indian space agency, “ISRO's heaviest and most-advanced high throughput communication satellite GSAT-11 was successfully launched from the Spaceport in French Guiana during the early hours today.”